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MAMMALIA. 



ance with the arboreal life. With respect to the dentition these 

 animals are intermediate between the Glirina and Halmaturidce. 



Fam. Phascolarctidae. Body stout, unwieldy, head thick, ears large, and 

 tail quite rudimentary. Phascolarctus cinereus Goldl, Koala. Dentition 



c. - i. - p. w. - m. -, New South Wales. 



Fam. Phalangistidse. Of slender form, with prehensile tail. Petaurus 

 ftaviventer Desm. ; P. pygmceus Desm., scarcely 4 inches long ; Phalangista 

 ursina Temm., Celebes ; P. (Trichosaurus) vulpina Desm. (fig. 685) ; P. 



viverrina, New South Wales ; Tar 

 sipes rostratus Gerv. 



Tribe 4. Rapacia (carnivo- 

 rous Marsupials). The den- 

 tition presents the characters 

 of that of the Insectivora and 

 Carnivora. Stomach without 

 glandular apparatus. The 

 caecum is but slightly de- 

 veloped. Some are climbers, 

 some jumpers and runners. 



Fam.Peramelidee (Entomophaga). 

 Bandicoots. With elongated hind 

 legs and pointed snout, as in the 

 Insectirora. They dig holes in the 

 earth. Perameles nasuta Geoifr., 

 New South Wales. 



Fam. Dasyuridee. Native cats. 

 devils, etc. With distinct car- 

 nivorous characteristics and hairy 

 tail, which is not prehensile. 

 MyrmecoHus fasciatus Waterh., 

 Marsupial Ant-eater ; Phascogale 

 penicillata Temm. Bloodthirsty 

 and bold carnivorous animal of the 

 size of a squirrel, in a certain sense 

 Ph. Jiavipcs Waterh., yellow-footed 

 .41 2 4; 

 Marsupial mouse ; Dasyurus viverrinus Geoff r., Dentition: i. ^ c - ^- M - ^ m --^' 



FIG. 685. Triclonirut vulpinut. 

 the Weasel of South and West Australia. 



New South Wales ; Ttiyl 'acinus cynoccphalns A. Wa 

 Fam. Didelphyidee (Pedimana). Opossums. 



., Tasmanian Wolf. 



en o * 



Dentition: i. -c. -p. #*. s w -o; 



with tolerably pointed snout, large eyes and ears, and usually long prehensile 

 tail. The feet have five tees. On the hind foot the inner toe is opposable. 

 Lidelpliys virginiana fchaw ; D. cancrivora Gm., Brazil, with completely 

 rrehensile tail ; D. opcssinn L. ; D. philander L. ; D. dorsigera L., Surinam. 



